General's Talk Follows Parade On Armed Forces Day
Brig. Gen. Eugene L. Harrison, Camp McCoy commander, speaks at Riverside Park River La Crosse on Armed Forces Day after a parade and weapons display. If rain, speech moves to Vocational School Auditorium. Other leaders nationwide include Kimball Thornton Bray MacArthur Twining LeMay Chidlaw McCormick Stone Wellings.
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Eugene L. Harrison
Camp McCoy
Riverside Park
Harrison
la Crosse
Armed Services
Sec. of the
Navy
Dan A. Kimball
Dan Thornton
Colorado
William G. Bray
Indiana
Douglas MacArthur
Nathan F. Twining
U.S. Air Force
Curtis E. LeMay
Strategic Air Command
Benjamin W
Skilled labor shortage tightens British industry
English factories face reduced output as a lack of skilled workers persists. The return of modern production is hampered with many trucks in Greece being second hand war surplus amid supply constraints.
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Great Britain
Greece
Costs Curtail Mental Center Expansion At Winnebago
Booming hospital costs may delay a 200 bed addition at Winnebago for violent mental illness. John W. Tramburg says existing funds likely fall short of the 2.5 million construction cost. A deficit will be sought from the 1953 Legislature after bids on other major units are received. Memorial services for Dr. Byron Hughes will be held at Winnebago with the last nursing class led by him to participate. Walking races were popular in the fast half of the 19th century.
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Madison
Wis
Lstate
Winnebago
John W. Tramburg
State Department of Public Welfare
Tramburg
State Building Commission
Central State Hospital
Waupun
Byron Hughes
Hughes
Wet-Dry Struggle Shows Slight Change Across Wisconsin
Wisconsin's long battle over local option alcohol laws shows little overall change over a decade. In 1952, 19 local referenda produced four shifts, with small towns swinging both toward and away from prohibition. About 404 localities prohibit liquor by vote or board action, with 299 banning beer for similar reasons.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Youths Play Sheriff On Government Day
Two Belle Fourche high school students Marvin Fenton and Dan West acted as deputy sheriffs during American Legion Government Day. They issued three pickup orders and made pretend arrests, only to discover the detainees were actual fugitives who had warrants.
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Belle Fourche
S. D
American Legion
Marvin Fenton
Dan West
Catholic radio station HOG in Panama seeks sponsors
Panama City reports that the largest English speaking station begins with HO and is named HOG. A Roman Catholic nun has registered the name LY and the station, housed in the archbishop palace grounds, employs three priests on staff and seeks commercial sponsors to become self supporting.
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Panama
HOG
Panama City
Archbishop’s Palace
King Expected To Quit Sparta
Franklin King, superintendent of the Wisconsin Child Center at Sparta for five years, plans to resign soon to accept an executive post in New Hampshire. He is expected to submit a formal resignation to the State Department of Welfare this week. The civil service role will be filled after personnel examination. the prior home chief began after C. D. Lehman resigned, with King coming from Dane County relief.
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Madison
Wis
Franklin King
Wisconsin
Sparta
New Hampshire State Welfare
King
State Department of Welfare
Civil Service
State Department of Personnel
State Home For
C. D. Lehman
Dane County Relief Department
Lincoln’s spectacles go on public display in Chicago
The Chicago Historical Society displays Abraham Lincoln’s magnifying spectacles for the first time, purchased for $275 from the Oliver R. Barret Lincoln Collection. Eye specialist Dr Noah D Fabriacnt suggests Lincoln had good vision and began wearing them in his mid forties.
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Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago Historical Society
Oliver R. Barret Lincoln
Old Abe
Noah D. Fabriacnnt
Lincoln
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